Geurts, J.J.M., G.A. van Duinen, J. van Belle, S. Wichmann, W. Wichtmann & C. Fritz. 2019
Draining peat soils leads to oxidation of the peat and soil
subsidence. The ideal situation would be a natural colonisation with peat forming plants after rewetting and a return to a carbon sequestrating system without harvesting. In paludiculture, harvesting wet crops for food,
fodder, fibre and fuel is combined with the provision of vital
ecosystem services. This concept provides production opportunities for the necessary, fundamental change in land use of drained peatlands to a more
sustainable, wetter land use, which should benefit both the
regional economy and the climate.